Welcome to your source for discussions about the life of being a young creative, interviews with interesting people in your industry, and insights from our writers.

We all have our spaces that we feel the best in, where our brains function how we want and our ideas flow unobstructed. It takes time to figure it out, but you can often make those realizations when looking back to the past.

Any step taken is a departure from where you are now. But, what gets you to take that step? Does it always work? Iris shares experiences and stories to start the conversation about what motivates people to take action on their goals.

It’s not always easy talking about your creative endeavors when the people around you don’t really get it. Iris talks about confidence, comparison, and asks the question, when you're out in the world, how do you talk about your creativity?

“It’s hard to attract clients without a portfolio, and hard to build a portfolio without clients. “ For a lot of young creatives, starting with family and friends is the best way to get a foothold. It’s not always the easiest to mix business with friendship so Allie Wang shares her best advice for keeping things amicable and productive for your creative career.

I often look to see what decisions people have made that ultimately put them on the road they're currently on. Did they plan for this? Was this a tight swerve that came in out of the blue? We all have some very different ways of getting to today and it helps a bit to know that my own way is always developing. Let’s talk about our starts and look back on beginnings to better understand just how far we’ve come.

"But the truth is that everyone is ready for different things at different times, be it relationships, getting a driver’s license or even going to university." Comeback writer Nabeela Parkar talks time and the different ways we use it for our goals and sometimes, just for the fun it brings us.

This past Saturday, the first Comeback event was hosted in the back of a white-brick donut shop in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. Iris talks reflections, highlights from the discussion, and appreciating in person connections.